1. Thursday Warm Up 1. The Torah is the holy book of which religion?
2. What countries border France?
3. What empire was located in India in 1500?
4. Which religions began in India?
5. What is the major difference between Judaism & Christianity?

3. Renaissance Begins in Italy in 1350
Intellectual and artistic movement that marks the beginning of the modern world.

4. Leonardo da Vinci ‘Vitruvian Man’
Leonardo da Vinci-Analysis of proportion Emphasis on the mathematical division of the body-emphasis on the face and genitals.

5. The Renaissance “Rebirth” of classical knowledge.
Rome-past greatness with Roman empire
Statue on the left is from the 1st century B.C.
Statue on the right is from 1500
Both called “spinario which means thorn-puller

6. Humanism
Idea that human beings are capable of excellence through their OWN work.
Caused conflict with the church
Humanities: grammar, history, poetry-the study of people & their accomplishments

7. Secularism Things that are “of the world”
Living in this world without regard to the next world
YOLO

8. Artists
Painters, Sculptors…& ninja turtles

9. Ninja Turtles or Renaissance Artists?
Leonardo ( )
Raphael ( )
Michelangelo ( )
Donatello ( )
Leonardo-blue
Michelangelo-orange
Donatello-purple
Raphael-red

10. Raphael
“The School of Athens”

11. Michelangelo
Statue of David
Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

12. Donatello
Statue of David

13. Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper

14. Shakespeare
Writer of plays, sonnets & essays

15. Erasmus-author, humanist
Author of In Praise of Folly
Satire-meant to be funny but purpose is social criticism

16. Lady with an Ermine Leonardo da Vinci-
Debate over the animal…some insist it’s a ferret.
Popular because of the beauty of the girl and her purity which shows in the picture. Demure.

17. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
Jan Van Eyck –artist
In the picture: an Italian merchant and his wife. On the bench is a carving of St. Margaret-patron of childbirth
Tiny reflection of the artist in the mirror……Latin inscription says Van Eyck was here in 1434
Some historians say this serves as a sort of marriage certificate
God’s presence symbolized by the lit candle in the chandelier

18. The Girl With the Pearl Earring

19. Pieta
Michelangelo-the virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus-means pity or compassion
His last work was another Pieta

20. The Birth of Venus
Venus-born out of the froth erupting from Saturn’s severed genitals comes to Cyprus in a shell. She is blown there by the west wind shown to the left here and a figure representing spring (to the right) is dressing Venus with flowers. Covering herself shows her natural modesty. Her pose is inspired by the Roman sculpture of her ……Sandro Botticelli

21. Tognina Gonzales
Female artist: Lavina Fontana popular for her portraits of women
Suffered from Hypertrichosis-she and her family were famous for it

22. House of Medici Rulers in Italy & patrons of the arts,
Credited with funding the Renaissance

23. Politics Humanists believed rulers should be virtuous
A virtuous ruler would be loved and obeyed

24. Exit Slip
1. What is one difference between medieval art & Renaissance art?
2. Who created the statue of David?
3. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
4. What type of ruler does Machiavelli believe a king should be?
5. What is humanism?
6. Where did the Renaissance begin?